Project for the Establishment of Irrigation System in Atari Basin Area

ensure a stable supply of water for irrigation to target communities through the development of irrigation systems, thereby contributing to the improvement of income in the farming industry by increasing the production and productivity of rice.

COUNTRY/REC Uganda

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD January 2019 - December 2022

PROJECT SITE Kween, Bulambuli

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries
2 DAIMWAP
3 JICA

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 25,000,000.00 100 25,000,000.00
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 25,000,000.00 - 25,000,000.00
Project Goal

ensure a stable supply of water for irrigation to target communities through the development of irrigation systems, thereby contributing to the improvement of income in the farming industry by increasing the production and productivity of rice.

Project Objectives

An irrigation facility is established to ensure the stable supply of irrigation water for increased production and productivity of rice.

Project activities

Development of irrigation system to ensure a stable supply of water for irrigation to target communities

Contributing to the improvement of income in the farming industry by increasing the production and productivity of rice

Beneficiaries

Direct Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number
1 Farmers 6500
2 spreading across two districts, Bulambuli and Kween(ha) 680
Indirect Beneficiaries
# Beneficiary Number

RICE Approach: Areas of contribution by the project

Resilience Industrialization Competitiveness Empowerment
R1: Area under irrigation
I1: Capacity of industrial mills
C1: Share of local rice
E1: Access to financial services
R2: Quantity of resilient seeds
I2: Mechanization ratio
C2: Quantity of high-yielding seeds
E2: Access to technical services

SIEM

Policy / Institutional Infrastructure Human Resource Capacity Provision of Equipments or services Knowledge / Research
Seed
Fertilizer
Irrigation / water management
On-farm technology transfer
Mechanization
Quality Improvement
Access to market
Access to credit
Overall policy tools